This major new work explores the development of creoles and other new languages, focusing on the conceptual and methodological issues they raise for genetic linguistics. Written by an intern ...more on ebook "The Ecology of Language Evolution..."

What is the role of meaning in linguistic theory? Generative linguists have severely limited the influence of meaning, claiming that language is not affected by other cognitive processes and ...more on ebook "Language from the Body..."

This lucid and up-to-date overview of language change. It discusses where our evidence about language change comes from, how and why changes happen, and how languages begin and end. It consi ...more on ebook "Language Change..."

Number is the most underestimated of the grammatical categories. It is deceptively simple yet the number system which philosophers, logicians and many linguists take as the norm - namely the ...more on ebook "Number..."

Arising out of the author's lifetime fascination with the links between the formal language of mathematical models and natural language, this short book comprises five essays investigating b ...more on ebook "Economics and Language..."

This updated and revised edition of Hamers and Blanc's successful textbook presents state-of-the-art knowledge about languages in contact from individual bilingualism (or bilinguality) to so ...more on ebook "Bilinguality and Bilingualism..."

ellipsis occurs when certain portions of a sentence are not spoken - for example Ç'ÚMary has read more books than Bill has [read books]Ç'Ù and Ç'ÚJack called, but I donÇ'Ùt know where [he ca ...more on ebook "Topics in Ellipsis..."

While creating an english thesaurus for Aragonese speakers seems simple enough, it can be tricky. What's the problem? Translations do not always follow strict transitivity. Normally, if a=b ...more on ebook "Webster's Aragonese - English Thesa..."

While creating an english thesaurus for Asturian speakers seems simple enough, it can be tricky. What's the problem? Translations do not always follow strict transitivity. Normally, if a=b a ...more on ebook "Webster's Asturian - English Thesau..."

While creating an english thesaurus for Ayapathu speakers seems simple enough, it can be tricky. What's the problem? Translations do not always follow strict transitivity. Normally, if a=b a ...more on ebook "Webster's Ayapathu - English Thesau..."